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2023 Most Popular Child Development & Psychology Master's Degree Schools in Massachusetts

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$49,734 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Child Development & Psychology Master's Degree School for You

Child Development & Psychology is the #46 most popular major in Massachusetts with 804 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

The Most Popular Child Development & Psychology Master's Degree Schools in Massachusetts ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 9 schools in Massachusetts to see which master's degree programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Child Development & Psychology program at each school on the list.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Child Development & Psychology Master's Degree Colleges.

#1

Boston College

Chestnut Hill, MA

Our 2023 rankings named Boston College the most popular school in Massachusetts for child development and psychology students working on their master’s degree. Located in the small city of Chestnut Hill, Boston College is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

About 94% of the students majoring in child development at the school are women while 6% are male.

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#2

Harvard University

Cambridge, MA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Harvard University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Child Development & Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts list. Harvard is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Cambridge.

Of the 17 students majoring in child development at Harvard, 35% are male and 65% are female.

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The in-demand master’s degree programs at University of Massachusetts - Lowell helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular child development and psychology schools in Massachusetts. UMass Lowell is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Lowell.

Women make up 67% of the child development majors at the school.

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#4

Brandeis University

Waltham, MA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Brandeis University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Child Development & Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts list. Brandeis is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Waltham.

Of the 10 students majoring in child development at Brandeis, 30% are male and 70% are female.

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#5

Bay Path University

Longmeadow, MA

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Bay Path University is a great place for child development and psychology students working on their master’s degree. Bay Path is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Longmeadow.

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Northeastern University ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Child Development & Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts list. Located in the large city of Boston, Northeastern is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.

Women make up 83% of the child development majors at the school.

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University of Massachusetts - Boston ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Child Development & Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts list. UMass Boston is a large public school located in the large city of Boston.

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#8

Boston University

Boston, MA

Boston University ranked #8 on this year’s Most Popular Child Development & Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts list. Boston U is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Boston.

Full Child Development & Psychology at Boston University Report

#9

Tufts University

Medford, MA

Tufts University ranked #9 on this year’s Most Popular Child Development & Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts list. Located in the large suburb of Medford, Tufts is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

Full Child Development & Psychology at Tufts University Report

Best Child Development & Psychology Colleges in the New England Region

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State Degrees Awarded
Connecticut 294
New Hampshire 54
Maine 116
Rhode Island 73
Vermont 29

Child Development & Psychology is one of 3 different types of programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Child Development

Related Major Annual Graduates
General Psychology 141,695
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology 33,758
Other Psychology 2,683

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 9 schools only.

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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